Politifact.com: Statements from Christina Romerhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/christina-romer/Statements from Christina Romer reviewed by Politifact.comen-usTue, 17 Mar 2009 18:36:04 -0400Christina Romer: &quot;Last week the Blue Chip Economic Indicators came out that surveys lots of private forecasters. Almost all of them are predicting a turnaround in the third quarter and positive growth in the fourth quarter.&quot;http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/17/christina-romer/yes-take-prediction-grain-salt/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Yes, but take this prediction with a grain of salt
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<p> Wasn't this supposed to be&nbsp;the next&nbsp;Great Depression? So we were surprised to hear the chair of President Obama&rsquo;s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, claim that experts are saying the economy will start to recover later this year. We suspected her claim, at the very least, lacked a bit of context. Which it does. She made it on the March 15 Meet the Press , after host David Gregory played a recent tape of her saying &quot;most people are predicting&quot; positive growth in the economy &quot;some time in the ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/17/christina-romer/yes-take-prediction-grain-salt/">>> More</a>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:36:04 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/17/christina-romer/yes-take-prediction-grain-salt/